Firefighters respond to Brockton blaze

At least nine people displaced after a fire at 520 N. Montello St. Thursday afternoon.

Brockton Firefighters raced to the scene of a fire in a triple-decker on Thursday afternoon around 1:45 p.m at 520 N. Montello St.

Tony Gionfriddo, 39, lives on the second floor of the apartment house and was home when the fire started. "I was sitting in the living room and I smelled smoke," he said. "When I walked out to the kitchen I saw the whole back wall was on fire." Gionfriddo yelled for his wife and nephew to get out of the apartment. He was able to get his three pets out as well.

Gionfriddo said he ran to check on the neighbors upstairs and downstairs but everyone was already out of the building. Gionfriddo has lived in the apartment building for four years and has never seen anything like this. "I saw the whole kitchen filled with black smoke," he said. No injuries were reported. At least nine people live in the building. The cause of the fire is still being investigated.